GT-B Tiptronic warning light and noise

[Nith]

So I have had a quick look online and on this forum but found nothing. Long story short, I was towing a small 6x4 trailer behind my BP5 GT-B up the Kilmog in Dunedin, was holding it in 4th gear in tiptronic mode, I had a high pitched electronic noise emit from the dash and where the gear is normally shown was displaying just a straight line with both arrows being display, put it back into D and it went away. All happened rather quickly, I think I lost power for a short moment.

Has anyone else had this issue before with there 5speed tiptronic Legacy?

[SpeedySub]

Don't know the hill or much about the tiptronic gear box, maybe it was a warning telling you you are in the wrong gear? as when you put it back into D it found the appropriate gear.

[Marky]

First thought was maybe an overheat warning

Chances are there is a fault logged if you get a scanner on it

[Nith]

 SpeedySub']Don't know the hill or much about the tiptronic gear box, maybe it was a warning telling you you are in the wrong gear? as when you put it back into D it found the appropriate gear.

[quote name='Marky said:

First thought was maybe an overheat warning

Chances are there is a fault logged if you get a scanner on it

The hill is a prick, probably one of the stepest hills on SH1 in NZ. Surely the gearbox couldn't get confused? Overheating is a probability.

Where's a place around Auckland that can scan the ECU and not charge me a weeks pay? New to this part of the country.

Good news though, I managed to get from Dunedin to Cambridge without any other problems.